Smyrna times., 1887-10-05
Suicide at Kentop.

me Town OF kentOn was quite stirred
on Monday morning by the starrlinT
announcement that one Of its citizens
Iau cut ms throat and was then in a
uylng condition. The person was John
W. Mlnner, who had been bartender for
some time at the hotel of Terrence C,r.
Vih' and the scene Of his bloody deed
ms own bed chamber. He had r.tireJ
10 bed about ten O'Clock the, nil,Lt
before with the same demeopors ~ -
su"i' "llch was always a pleasant
one, me family having no reason to
suspect that anything was disturbjng
ms 'nlnd. Usually an early riser he,
lore the rest Of the household if vas
iouhd at breakfast time that he sill
ilau not come from his room. On oo-
ing thither to see if he was sick tbe
opened door presented a shocking sigbt
~olood everywhere the floor c0vaTod
from side to side Of the room hi. ni,,It
clothes and bed saturated. the ,,.7iL
I oo"I slalned-the place more resen,.
oiIhg butchers slaughter house than
pea chamber. He had cut two poeLos
across his throat with razor MT CO.,.
crlhg the windpipe, but bicking a..
Jugular vein, some time bptvao7 -.
anu seven, the Doctor thinks about co.
y Nloch; In TINS condition he walked |
1'OOu' 'HG room a part Of the time If |
ieas', as ne was found with his Sin. /
perS on, his life blood slowly but snroit,.
running out and his strength noariy3,
exhausted from loss of blood when Jit,
Covered. DR.. Vim. II. Cooper was
lucky summoned to the spot bur too
a-e t&ere was not blood and vitoIitH,
5Hough lett to work on. He sewad ~
ne wound, and could have saved ~
lie, ne feels assured, had he seen H..
'eiore his body had become 50 fill.
Of blood He was becon,in 49,
unconscious, but revived sulTiciertiS,
tier the dressing of the wound ana
raught OF water to answer the Doctor,,
uestlons, then relapsed into nncor
;Hl .I4 ana expired little after
~ . Gi0cK. The Doctor asked him
no h9d done the bloody deed: he rc.
iied that he did it himself "Wbot {
ia you DO It with was next asked i
nu the reply was, " a razor" The in 7
,I9lnent employed in the fatal deed c
du uOt up TO this time been discovered c
Ut was afterwards found hid under 9
ie carpet. The third and last oues. il
on was, why did you do it" to which Fl
only answered, 81 had a canse y S
coroner Wright, Of this town wos h
,nLnohed and held an inquest shortly
Ter noon, rendering verdict of daotI
his own hand. The uniform 80
ony OF the eighteen jurymen was tbot
ey mad never seen so bloody aud -
eIlting a sight as the scene Of the sni-
lie presented.
The deceased was 80 vears old al
leiy built man, In yipoTous boai,L q OF
'lgnihg about 200 pounds, a quiet 81
oG tempered man, clever and accom-. oC
oqqatIng and popular with the patrons til
tue mouse. No one, perhaps. feels at
're keenly his loss than Mr.. Carvin II
employer He grew up in the tn
unity OF kentOn, and is the eldest ne
OF Stephen Minner. wi
mere are very naturally specuIa. ce
rs ana surmises as to what should
'mpt him to thus take his own life wi
lar as we can learn, the settled opin- 10
ABOUT Kenton IS that there was "a cal
man in the case" the details of gil
lch need not be brought in the mar GU
I'VE OF the tragic event. There is ClC
dence also that he brooded over. in rea
al OF throwing off trouble, until his pla
ID became morbid and he thus became wa
greatest enemy. 1t was the weight I
his mental depression that caused fun
to plot against his own life and enJ
~ 1t into execution, as on the We'd eXI
day before he had asked a friend log
lie riding in a carriage ifhe ever had resi-
lble, receiving in answer, certainly. nat
every man had trouble, the de. wh'
led simply replying, well, want Dr..
all to come to my funeral" The IN !
gersation ended there and the friend er's
king it playful remark, thought the
llng more of it until he heard of tbe old
lde.. The remains were inferred whe
ay in Brynzion cemetery. cash